Fouquières-lès-Béthune

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62350

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fouquières-lès-Béthune (INSEE 62350) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,108 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 13,702 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.45	10	4.49
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOPHIE LEBREUILLY). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (BARLINDIS · SUPECO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (FRAMADO · KFC · STREET FOOD & TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CAMPAGNARD). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE DEDISSE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FOUQUIERES LES BETHUNE BURALISTE RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (HER'VELYNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE BETHUNE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SOPHIE LEBREUILLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	BARLINDIS · SUPECO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	FRAMADO · KFC · STREET FOOD & TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CAMPAGNARD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARIE DEDISSE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FOUQUIERES LES BETHUNE BURALISTE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	HER'VELYNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE BETHUNE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 540 peak 1990: 1,168 2023: 1,108 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,078 (2012) → 1,108 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,168 (1990) → 1,108 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 486, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.6 km EBakery — 0.7 km SEPharmacy — 1.0 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Fouquières-lès-Béthune): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fouquières-lès-Béthune): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fouquières-lès-Béthune): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fouquereuil): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fouquières-lès-Béthune): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 10.9 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 10.9 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 10.9 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62350/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62350/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62350/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62350/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62350
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62349
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méaulte	80	60 km S	1,285	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Solesmes	72	364 km SW	1,240	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Châtenoy-en-Bresse	71	447 km SE	1,144	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Taillecourt	25	456 km SE	1,144	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	72 km S	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn	81	780 km S	1,225	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méaulte	80	60 km S	1,285	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	72 km S	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Solesmes	72	364 km SW	1,240	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Châtenoy-en-Bresse	71	447 km SE	1,144	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Taillecourt	25	456 km SE	1,144	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn	81	780 km S	1,225	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 72 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Fouquières-lès-Béthune's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méaulte	80	60 km S	1,285	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Jenlain	59	75 km E	1,115	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	200 km S	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	80	75 km S	1,191	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fournes-en-Weppes	59	21 km E	2,179	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Écalles	76	163 km SW	1,698	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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